“Daddy, can you hear the ocean?”
I put the conch to my ear.
A gift sent from her new home, miles from this dusty dirt pit her mother couldn’t wait to escape.
The video cuts out. Again. Bad connection.
I keep the shell pressed to my ear until night falls.
Jane Brown is a web programmer and short fiction writer who lives by the beach in Australia.
Such a powerful piece and the impact with just fifty words is testament to your skills.
The dad‘s loss and devotion and yearning is showed in the last line so effectively.
Thank-you so much for reading and your kind words!